This is Li Hanning bought with two ingots of silver, he took it and looked at it, the wooden sign in his hand is very light, wearing a small piece of red cloth with a rope, and the word "peace" is engraved on the back with a line of calligraphy, which is the tacit taboo and custom of sailing on the river.

The man looked at him, as if he knew that if the deal they were making now would break the law, it would be a violation of the law, and he was somewhat uneasy and hesitant in his heart, and he opened his mouth and instructed:

"There are a lot of boatmen recruited this time, I have seen about more than 100 people, and the recruiters will not be remembered by everyone at all, so they bring this sign on the ship, and the son will bring this brand well."

Li Hanning quickly put away the wooden card in his hand: "Don't worry, I know everything." ”

She had asked Xiao Ce about the rules here before she came, so she was naturally clear.

The man hesitated for a while, and Li Hanning noticed his expression, thinking that after he took the money, he was afraid that the East Window incident would happen in the future, so he was relieved:

"Don't worry, I just have to go to Luoyang in a hurry, and nothing will happen on the way."

With her identity and what she wants to do, if something really happens, it can only be someone else's accident.

The man seemed to be a little relieved, he weighed the two heavy ingots of silver in his hand, this unknown person was indeed generous, he really needed this money, he could only hope that the person who gave him this money was lucky, if he was unlucky, he also came to the door to make a deal with him first, and he couldn't blame him.

However, looking at his thin and pitiful appearance, those people should not be too embarrassed by him, after all, he can be regarded as leaving the tiger cage, and someone rushed to die on the boat in place of him, but he has kindly reminded him today that the future is none of his business.

The ships anchored on the banks of the river were like a huge thing in the dark night, as big as the moon on the side, but there was still a place where the moonlight could not fall tonight.

There were one or two night patrols on the ship, and they had just walked over the deck, when an unusual wind fell on the deck they had just walked on, and Li Hanning glanced at the patrolling people who had already walked away from a distance.

On the second day, when the first rays of light in the morning slowly rose from the river, the quiet boat seemed to have just woken up, and the big boat, which had been quiet all night, gradually became lively.

Their ship was 100 feet high, with four floors on it, and the first to wake up was the first floor where the boatmen lived.

According to the rules of their trade, the first time they sailed offshore today, they had to call the boatmen to gather together to watch the sacrifices of those who recruited workers, and throw the pig's head wrapped in red cloth into the river, so that there would be no strong winds and waves along the way, and everything would be safe and smooth until Luoyang.

At present, the cold has not passed, the wind on the river is stronger than the shore, and it is colder, the boatmen are wearing the clothes they brought on the boat, and the outside is uniformly wearing linen clothes for work, Li Hanning is also like that today, standing with other boatmen is inconspicuous.

Finally, after the recruiter finished the training, the sacrifice was completed, and the people on the shore untied more than ten hemp ropes that imprisoned the big boat, and the boatmen divided their respective positions for rowing, and in the shouting of the boatmen, the big boat sank into the deeper river water little by little, and slowly left Chuzhou behind them downstream.

After several hours, it was finally time for them to put their meal, the boatmen were busy all morning, and finally they could rest for a while, and lined up in twos and threes to get the rice, and the food on the ship was also simple, two steamed buns per person, and a big bowl of rice porridge.

It was the recruiter who stood next to him and watched the guy send these one by one.

Li Hanning deliberately lined up in the middle, and bowed his head to finish his lunch today, but he was just about to walk over to the deck, but he heard the voice of the recruiter behind him:

"Wait, you stop."

The other boatmen around took their meals one after another and walked past Li Hanning.

When Li Hanning heard this, he knew that he was told to stop, so he had to stop quietly and stand in place.

Li Hanning's face turned as usual and glanced at the person who called him, who was the one who told him that he had been recruited before getting on the boat.

It's that person, Li Hanning knows in his heart that if he recognizes it, let him know that the person who didn't recruit a job at that time took someone else's identity and mixed into the boat, they will definitely be suspicious.

Before she got on the boat, she promised Xiao Ce that she would find out about the smuggling of salt and iron, but if she was discovered here, she was afraid that she would definitely startle the snake.

He was looking Li Hanning up and down at the moment, and walked towards him step by step, but every time he took a step, the bowl in Li Hanning's hand unconsciously pushed a little harder.

At that time, although he was wearing a hat, a person's height and voice were naturally difficult to change in a short period of time, and he was not sure if the person in front of him recognized who he was.

The dagger he carried with him was hidden in his arms, if he was really recognized, of course he would not choose to be caught, but now everyone is watching, if he really makes a move, it will naturally be troublesome, this is only his worst plan.

The recruiter slowly spoke, "You-"

Li Hanning's breath was a little messy.

The recruiter stopped close to him, handed over another steamed bun, put it in Li Hanning's bowl, and looked up at him a little strangely:

"What are you nervous about? Am I that scary? I saw that you took one less steamed bun just now, and people have the strength to work when they are full, to you, don't give me lazy in the afternoon when you are full. ”

It turned out that it was just an extra steamed bun.

She almost thought it was-

Li Hanning looked down and saw the steamed buns that seemed to be steaming hot in the bowl, knowing that he didn't recognize it, the nerves that had been a little tense all the time could finally breathe a sigh of relief:

"Yes."

The recruiter finally walked back to his position, and the deck was almost full, so Li Hanning had no choice but to find a quiet corner by himself while looking around.

The boatman not far from him was whispering: "After this trip, you can make a lot of money, and after a while, we will arrive in Luoyang, and after receiving the ten hangings of money here, I will have a good rest for a while, and we will also take advantage of the excitement in the city to celebrate the pilgrimage festival." ”

"You've been there, I've got to get home as soon as possible."

The first person who spoke teased as if he understood something: "I almost forgot that you are a family man, unlike us people." ”

"What's different, I can't help it, the family is waiting for money to support the family, the child has reached the age of reading in the blink of an eye, there is money everywhere in reading, and my wife is waiting for me to go back with the salary this time."

The person who spoke earlier inadvertently glanced at him and hurriedly reminded:

"Oh yes, you have to put that sign away, be careful not to drop it."

After this reminder, the latter person saw that his loose cuffs had leaked out of the corner of the wooden card, and he himself noticed this scene, and hurriedly put it in:

"Don't you say I almost didn't notice, this thing is important, when I got off the boat before, I saw with my own eyes that someone was taken away by the government without this sign."

The other person had almost eaten and put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand:

"This is still light, Luoyang's laws are strict, and if you don't have a green head card to get off the boat, it can be regarded as smuggling, and smuggling is now a capital crime, and you will be killed."

Li Hanning couldn't help frowning when he heard what these two people said, when he got on the boat last night, the boatman didn't mention to him that a boatman would have two signs on his body, no wonder he seemed to be talking at that time, it turned out that there was also this reason.

But things have come to this point, blaming him is just a waste of time, he only has a wooden sign on the ship now, if he really wants to check another sign when he gets off the boat, he has to get a wooden card that can get off the ship, and at the moment, the most direct and effective way for him is to take someone else's.

But just listening to them, the wooden signs seemed to be a very important thing to these boatmen, and they all looked at the wooden signs on their bodies very strictly, and those people were always in twos and threes, and it was clear who was missing from each other, and he really couldn't find an opportunity to start.

And if these people don't have that brand, I'm afraid it's a capital crime, if she takes it without permission, it's not good, the only way is to take those in charge, before Li Hanning came, he heard that most of these people in charge are the subordinates of the salt transport envoy, and a few of them still have a few lives on their backs.

In this way, if Li Hanning took their brand, it would not be considered to hurt the innocent.

But who should I go to?

She looked around the deck, and quietly glanced at the stewards walking to and fro around her, only to find that they all seemed to be talking together, and her eyes fell on the only one who was alone.

Li Hanning immediately asked a boatman: "Please ask, I see that the other stewards are all gathered together to talk, why is that person always alone?" ”

Or maybe it was because he was afraid that others would be suspicious, Li Hanning quickly added:

"I'm new here, I'm afraid I won't have a face and break some rules."

"The person in charge is called Chuzhou, he is a fool, he has fallen into the water before, and he has made the stone stupid, he can't remember what happened in the past, and the people here don't look down on him, if it weren't for the salt envoy to stay with him and give him food, he wouldn't be able to come here, you'd better have less contact with him, otherwise it's too easy to offend other stewards."

A fool?

That's just right.

If you live with him, you won't be found for at least two days.

In the afternoon, she worked as usual, and Li Hanning was mixed in, thin and inconspicuous, so no one watched her work.

When it was time to allocate a room to live in at night, everyone was in a hurry to go back to the room to rest after a busy day, and it was bustling when queuing, Li Hanning retreated to the back step by step, just to let himself arrange the room at the back.

Sure enough, the person who had just lined up in front of him didn't have an extra room.

"It's strange, obviously there was enough room before."

The other steward closed the ledger and said, "But it's okay, there will be one more person, and you can live with them." ”

Otherwise, there would be no way to arrange it for her.

"He'll live with me, I'll have a spot there."

The crew of this ship is two rooms in one.

This time, it was the one in charge who spoke first.